Members: Allowances

Frank Field: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010,  Official Report, column 38W, on Members: allowances, how much has been spent under each budgetary heading referred to in the answer.

Nick Harvey: The costs to date, inclusive of VAT, are as follows:
	
		
			   £ 
			  Sir Thomas Legg's review  
			 Work commissioned 870,784 
			 Staff costs 306,534 
			 Office supplies 5,889 
			 Total 1,183,207 
			   
			 Sir  Paul Kennedy's work  
			 Work commissioned 18,327 
			 Travel 643 
			 Office Supplies 180 
			 Total 19,150